According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), forestry products were the best performers in the period as they brought home 9.04 billion USD, up 18.8 percent year on year and accounting for 27.2 percent of the total volume shipped abroad.

Dragon fruits packaged for export.

Strong growth was seen in the export of rubber (up 5.6 percent), tea (14.3 percent), cinnamon (32 percent), and rattan (40.6 percent).

In stark contrast, shipments of key agricultural products dwindled 7.4 percent to 15.25 billion USD, and those of seafood dropped 2.4 percent to 7.06 billion USD.

The ministry said a strong decrease in export price of several agricultural products like cashew, pepper, rice and coffee was the main factor leading to the fall in the revenue in the period.

Vietnam sold 2.3 billion USD worth of fruits and vegetables in the 10-month period, decreasing 1.3 percent from the same time last year. Most of the exports were destined to China where authorities have tightened regulations on chemical residue, food safety, and package material requirements.

China remained the largest importer of Vietnamese agricultural products as it made up 26.8 percent of the market share, followed by the US (21.7 percent), the EU (11.9 percent) and ASEAN (10.3 percent).

The MARD has forecast shipments of farm produce will face tough seas in the coming time, sparked by global trade slowdown and increasing trade barriers from the Chinese market.

The ministry will keep close watch on market development, and give detailed evaluation on Chinese policies on official exports and temporary imports for re-export at border gates.

Besides working with competent ministries and sectors to accelerate negotiations so as to stabilise traditional markets while seeking potential ones, the ministry will support local businesses to take full advantage of the signed free trade deals.

50 hectares of land in Yen Dung hired to grow banana for export

(BGO) – After careful survey, Hanoi based Hoan My Service and Trade Investment Joint Stock Company has proceeded the formalities to hire 50 hectares of agriculture land in the villages of Binh Voi, Tay and Duoi in Canh Thuy commune, Yen Dung district (Bac Giang province) to grow the banana for export.

Enterprises speed up production for export in last months of the year

(BGO) - Seizing opportunities from increasing orders from export markets by the year-end, businesses in Bac Giang province are focusing on speeding up their production, thus contributing to boosting the overall export growth of the province and fulfilling the targets set for the year-end.

Vietnam tries to get US export licence for avocados

Vietnam is in the process of getting a licence to export avocado to the US, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in the US.

Rice exports bring home 2.24 billion USD in nine months

Vietnam shipped abroad 586,000 tonnes of rice in September for 251 million USD, pushing the total rice export volume and value in the first nine months of this year to 5.2 million tonnes and 2.24 billion USD, respectively.

Agro-forestry-fishery export earns over 30 billion USD in 9 months

The agro-forestry-fishery sector raked in an estimate 30.02 billion USD from exports in the first nine months of 2019, up 2.7 percent year on year.

Source: VNA